St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-01-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

me oi0 green umbrella strapped
TO the trunk that Denman THOMPSON
uses in The Old Homestead, wa
presented to the actor by an admirins
citizen OF Worcester, Mass. whose
great-grandfather kept OF the rain with
1t one hundred years ago.-Boston jour.
An Auburn. On. w father tied his
daughter to . bed-post to prevent her
leaving the house to marry the man
she loved. Then he paraded the front
yard with revolver to make it certain
shat the young man should not carry
her on without his knowledge. -BuE
faIo Courier.
AT a recent meeting Of the Royal
Microscopic Society. London. Professor
Bell. at the request of the president.
gave an account Of what he regarded
- the most extraordinary biological
fact brought to light during the las.
twenty-five years-the existence Of .
third eye 1t the top of the head of GER
tain lizards.
The six hundred tornadoes recorded
show that their whirl is almost invaria-
bly, in the same direction-opposite the
hands Of . watch-and their onward
movement with Us is nearly always
northeastward. Their favorite time Of
day is known, and tabulated list of one
hundred and sixty-two shows. nearly
two thirds between two and six p. m
Science Monthly.
An employee of w. H. Smith 4
Son. the great London news firm. is
authority for the statement that there
are seven thousand hawkers Of news
papers in London-big men. little
boys, old women and little girls. He
says the majority are in the prelimi-
nary or normal condition Of paper. i.
.. rags. and live from hand to mouth.
-Prinsers' Circular.
In book entitled Ten Dollars
Enough" Catherine Owens undertakes
to show that . family may live well
and yet limit the expenditures to ten
dollars . week. This may DO true in
China or Japan. but not in the County
of Cook. State of Illinois. BY the time
that Catherine had purchased porter
house steak or two ut one OF the ave.
nue. markets she would imagine that
her ten-dollar bill had been struck by
the front end Of Minnesota cyclone.
Chicago Herald.
There was . surprised team OF
farm-horses near Springfield, o., the
other day. when . locomotive spark
blew in load Of unthreshed clover
they were hauling. setting it on
fire. The frightened horses dashed
madly around and around the field, the
wind tanning the flames into . small
and making things look
like ''hades on wheels" to
borrow and make classical the language
of . witness OF the scene. Fortu-
nately the horses broke loose from the
wagon. or they might have suffered
Clcrelaad Leader.
About the most cruel thing that
has been reported from Connecticut
lately was the conduct Of three citi-
Gems Of Norwich. who were on Mantle
Bay recently in search Of ducks. A
gale was blowing. and . bevy OF quail,
which had evidently been blown of
shore, alighted on the duck shooters
boat too weary to ny any farther.
The shooters deliberately shot ten Of
the tired little fellows. and the few that
escaped went YEARLY winging their
way out over the bay. and doubtless
we're drowned. r Herald.
"A newly married couple from the
interior of Nevada, who had evidently
never before venturcd upon . railroad
train. took the cars to 60 upon their |
wedding trip. When the conductor
came around to collect the tickets the
bridegroom was 20 frustrated BY the
novelty of the situation that he handed
out his marriage certificate. The con-
1uctor looked at it approvingly and
handed it back with the remark that it |
was highly useful document in it its
place. and one he had often contem-
plated securing for himself. but that it,
did not entitle the holder to |
\ free passage over that railroad.
,er Tribune.
"A New York druggist entered .
restaurant and ordered . beefsteak.
The meat was so tough. however, that
,e asked the waiter to give him ten
Ter steak. The waiter gave him no
and. after waiting for some
lime. OBrien drew from his pocket .
fright revolver. eighteen inches long.
md, hourishing it, demanded that he
Ne given an eatable steak. Persons
experienced in restaurant edibles, who
will naturally sympathize with him.
will be surprised to know that he was
Irrested for thus endeavoring to en-
orce his rights.-M 2. Telegram.